Fan blummin tastic
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Read the second paragraph and what springs to mind?
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Farage would be perhaps definable as a patriot. If he were an American. Though on a moment’s thought neither Trump not Musk nor Vance not any other of the toxic MAGA morons are patriots. Self first and to achieve that fuel petty nationalism and hatred. Bastards.

Never thought I’d be reading and agreeing…
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I get why hedge fund managers, bankers & venture capitalists might be attracted to Reform.
Greed.
But other folk are being conned. It’s not immigrants who keep people poor, it’s the wealthy leaders/funders in a Limited company dressed up as a political party.
#citizensofnowhere.

Love @liverpoolfc1.bsky.social

In the brave new world of free speech absolutism & truth a matter of opinion, our MP has kindly done us the favour of stating the obvs. If an inquiry leads to recommendations & government of the day doesn’t enact them, a further inquiry is unlikely to reveal much new information but delays action.

In the brave new world of free speech absolutism & truth a matter of opinion, our MP has kindly done us the favour of stating the obvs. If an inquiry leads to recommendations & government of the day doesn’t enact them, a further inquiry is unlikely to reveal much new information but delays action.

This is the American model of health insurance Angel Farage wants to replace our #NHS with.

#Brexit said.
Brexit did.

I have boycotted Amazon for ages and deleted Twatter. I am happy that Bluesky is here and am watching Zuckerberg with interest.

True enough. Carlo Cipolla makes this very point. I think rule number one is there’s always a lot more of them than you think. Rule 2 I think is they’re found in all walks of life from elite universities and institutions down.

Reading Mr Behr again. Right folks, who are you thinking of? Answers below; I wonder who will win?
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@richardbentall.bsky.social
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From @rafaelbehr.bsky.social Rafael Behr’s Politics, a Survivors Guide.
Johnson, Farrage and their orange buddy spring to mind.
We need to channel Gramsci’s pessimism of intellect, optimism of the will to combat cynicism.

It’s got worse! Rachel Reeves’ budget announcements will begin to reverse the widening gender pay gap as women are much more impacted by minimum wage and low pay. An issue in itself.
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social